(p. 126) ālā2 first; highest; best. 49)

(p. 133) āhnika daily, diurnal. n. prescribed daily prayer of God. আহ্নিক করা v. to say the prescribed daily prayer to God. ̃গতি diurnal rotation of the earth. আহ্নিকে বসা v. to sit for saying the prescribed daily prayer to God. 57)

(p. 133) āsiddha half-boiled; not thoroughly or properly boiled, parboiled; unboiled. 10)

(p. 102) āgunē fiery. আগুনে বোমা an incendiary bomb. 6)

(p. 99) āgā2 a title of honour applied to a Musalman, esp. an Afghan. 73)

(p. 107) ātiśayya state of being overmuch or too many; excess; too much abundance or intensity. 24)

(p. 102) āṅiẏā, āṅgiẏā a woman's bodice, a bra. 17)

(p. 115) ānbīkṣikī the science and art of reasoning, logic. 19)

(p. 97) ān̐calā an ornamented border of a woman's loin-cloth. 3)

(p. 106) āṭhārō eighteen. ̃ই n. the eighteenth day of a month. a. (of the days of a month) eighteenth. আঠারো মাসে বছর intolerable procrastination. 7)

(p. 118) ābāhana invocation; invitation; a call. আবাহন করা v. to invoke; to invite; to call. আবাহনী n. a gesture made with one's palms and fingers for invoking a god or goddess. a. invocatory; relating to invitation or call. 30)

(p. 102) ācōṭa uncultivated, unploughed; fallow. 38)

(p. 123) āẏā a nurse-maid or waiting-maid, an ayah. 13)

(p. 115) āpaṇa a shop; a market. আপণিক a. of a shop or shops, of a market or markets; commercial. n. a shopkeeper; a trader. 28)

(p. 102) ācāra2 religious or scriptural rules or prescriptions, rites; observance of these rules and prescriptions; conduct, behaviour; custom, practice (দেশাচার); good manners or conduct. ̃চ্যুত a. same as ̃ভ্রষ্ট । ̃নিষ্ঠ, ̃পরায়ণ, ̃বান a. observant of religious or scriptural rules and prescriptions; well-mannered; observant of the rules of conduct. আচারনিষ্ঠ ব্যক্তি a person with due regard for rituals and religious practices; a ritualist. ̃বিরুদ্ধ a. contrary to custom or practice. ̃ব্যবহার, ̃বিচার n. established customs and practices; conduct and behaviour. ̃ভ্রষ্ট a. one who has failed to observe or does not observe prescribed religious or scriptural rites. ̃হীন a. not observing religious or scriptural rites; impious. আচারী same as ̃নিষ্ঠ । 35)